u-bolt flip with square u-bolts?
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u-bolt flip with square u-bolts?
anyone ever cheaped out and done a u-bolt flip with square u-bolts?
i just rebuilt my leaf springs and with the added thickness of the new pack plus the lift i got, my shocks are acting as limiters now. i'm going to rip them apart, so i'm thinking of fabbing a u-bolt flip plate with a shock mount welded to it, which will put the shocks back in the middle of their travel.
thing is, i just paid $35 to get new u-bolts bent up, and that was before i realized this problem. can i just use the new square u-bolts upside down on the round axle? is this a recipe for a bent housing?
it'll probably look goofy but i'm broke now..
any clues?
i just rebuilt my leaf springs and with the added thickness of the new pack plus the lift i got, my shocks are acting as limiters now. i'm going to rip them apart, so i'm thinking of fabbing a u-bolt flip plate with a shock mount welded to it, which will put the shocks back in the middle of their travel.
thing is, i just paid $35 to get new u-bolts bent up, and that was before i realized this problem. can i just use the new square u-bolts upside down on the round axle? is this a recipe for a bent housing?
it'll probably look goofy but i'm broke now..
any clues?
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anyone ever cheaped out and done a u-bolt flip with square u-bolts?
i just rebuilt my leaf springs and with the added thickness of the new pack plus the lift i got, my shocks are acting as limiters now. i'm going to rip them apart, so i'm thinking of fabbing a u-bolt flip plate with a shock mount welded to it, which will put the shocks back in the middle of their travel.
thing is, i just paid $35 to get new u-bolts bent up, and that was before i realized this problem. can i just use the new square u-bolts upside down on the round axle? is this a recipe for a bent housing?
it'll probably look goofy but i'm broke now..
any clues?
i just rebuilt my leaf springs and with the added thickness of the new pack plus the lift i got, my shocks are acting as limiters now. i'm going to rip them apart, so i'm thinking of fabbing a u-bolt flip plate with a shock mount welded to it, which will put the shocks back in the middle of their travel.
thing is, i just paid $35 to get new u-bolts bent up, and that was before i realized this problem. can i just use the new square u-bolts upside down on the round axle? is this a recipe for a bent housing?
it'll probably look goofy but i'm broke now..
any clues?
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i'm reaching that conclusion. i'm going to see if someone around here needs u-bolts and i'll sell them mine and use the proceeds to get round ones
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that's another consideration. the good thing about the u-bolt flip is that it's easier to weld up (i don't have a big enough welder so i have to do it at a buddy's house), and hell, i get a u-bolt flip out of it
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I have a U-Bolt flip kit laying around after ordering the thing without realizing I needed a welder. Doh!
Will get it installed eventually - when I find a friend who can weld! lol.
Will get it installed eventually - when I find a friend who can weld! lol.
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i've got a buddy with a big lincoln stick welder. i see copperhead fab sells shock mount plates for $0.80 apiece, or i'll fab my own, and maybe i'll make an appointment with my buddy to go out and burn some holes in my axle
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